News
Highway upgrade is on track
Contractors are completing work on the Princes Highway’s Conns Lane bridge, with the highway duplication due for completion by mid-2019.
No takers to join new Australia Day committee
Interest in Australia Day celebrations in Colac Otway Shire seems to have evaporated.
Beeac desperate for better mobile reception
Beeac residents say “hit-and-miss” mobile phone coverage is holding the community back, as they rally for improved mobile reception.
Council approves moves to buy former high school land
Colac Otway Shire Council has approved plans to buy part of the former Colac High School, but it could take years to develop the land.
Port needs $14M to stay open
The Port of Apollo Bay needs more than $14 million spent on repairs and maintenance within two years or risks becoming “unusable, unsafe or both”.
Man sought over house fire
Colac detectives are appealing for public information to help identify an offender who deliberately lit a house fire while the occupant was home.
Tourist traffic increase causes more concerns
“Obviously in Australia it takes a fatality to bring the reality of such a situation to realisation, sadly.”
SPENDING SPREE
The State Government is showering the Colac district with $6.8 million for environmental tourism, fire recovery and landslip prevention.